{"id":8200,"date":"2025-10-31T21:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=8200"},"modified":"2025-10-31T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:45:56","slug":"doncic-out-at-least-1-week-with-finger-sprain-leg-contusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=8200","title":{"rendered":"Doncic out at least 1 week with finger sprain, leg contusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Dave McMenamin<span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 26, 2025, 03:30 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.\n<\/li>\n<li>Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/lal\/los-angeles-lakers\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> star <a data-player-guid=\"583794eb-0f38-9bbd-3e25-9dd33b7f83b8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3945274\/luka-doncic\">Luka Doncic<\/a> will be sidelined for approximately one week because of a left finger sprain and lower left leg contusion, the team announced Sunday morning, noting he will be reevaluated at that time.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers are optimistic that Doncic will not need extended time for recovery beyond the initial estimated timeline, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46741338\/austin-reaves-scores-career-high-51-points-lakers-win\" class=\"img-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/r1566619_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46717404\/luka-doncic-sets-lakers-record-92-points-1st-2-games\" class=\"img-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/r1565594_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;It just kind of was something that happened,&#8221; Lakers coach JJ Redick said of Doncic&#8217;s leg injury when asked before his team&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/game\/_\/gameId\/401809968\/lakers-kings\" target=\"_blank\">127-120 win<\/a> at <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"e266c4ea-9af3-1bd8-06fb-fd608fd30e26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/sac\/sacramento-kings\">Sacramento<\/a> on Sunday night. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t even aware of it after the game. I became aware of it, obviously, yesterday and overnight, whatever he felt from that hit, it just materialized. So obviously we want to be safe here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>L.A. plays the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ed294c02-3c44-db14-9e06-1b4e8cff9558\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/por\/portland-trail-blazers\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> on the second night of a back-to-back Monday, then is on the road against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"13f727cb-254d-b484-a337-93fcc0047add\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-timberwolves\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on Wednesday and the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"af5d4942-aeb5-2d07-2a8a-f70b54617e51\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/mem\/memphis-grizzlies\">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> on Friday before returning to host the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"81e3212c-30ef-9b1b-5edb-453b13ff265a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/mia\/miami-heat\">Miami Heat<\/a> next Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic&#8217;s absence is a big blow for the Lakers, already without <a data-player-guid=\"1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/1966\/lebron-james\">LeBron James<\/a> and now missing their leading scorer who was off to a historic start to the season, averaging 46 points through L.A.&#8217;s first two games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to need offense from other guys,&#8221; Redick said. &#8220;Everything&#8217;s got to be done within the framework of what we&#8217;re trying to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lakers center <a data-player-guid=\"4cd92ac1-73ce-653d-c3b1-9c68e9c7a4d0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4397077\/jaxson-hayes\">Jaxson Hayes<\/a> was also not available against the Kings, missing a second straight game because of left knee soreness.\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46735044\/doncic-least-1-week-finger-sprain-leg-contusion\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave McMenaminOct 26, 2025, 03:30 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic will be sidelined for approximately one week because of a left finger sprain &#8230; <a title=\"Doncic out at least 1 week with finger sprain, leg contusion\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=8200\" aria-label=\"Read more about Doncic out at least 1 week with finger sprain, leg contusion\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Doncic-out-at-least-1-week-with-finger-sprain-leg.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8202,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200\/revisions\/8202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}